By Patrick Quirk and David O. ShullmanFILTER RESULTSHIDE Although a welcome development, the recent US and European escalation of arms shipments to Ukraine is insufficient to curb Russian President Vladimir Putin’s designs on expanding illiberalism. That’s because the Kremlin isn’t alone: Both Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping view the expansion of democracy as a threat to their…
An extraordinary meeting of the ECOWAS Commission has ended in Accra with heads of states giving extended timelines to the coup countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea to initiate processes towards the return to democratic and constitutional rule. According to the Commission, states that may fail to comply with the new timelines will risk…
By Ash Jain Following US President Joe Biden’s speech in Warsaw last week, the media largely focused on his offhand comments on whether Russian President Vladimir Putin should remain in power. In doing so, they overlooked the deeper strategic significance of Biden’s remarks about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Biden described the brazen assault not only as a threat to…
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) says democracy in Nigeria would not have experienced continuous improvement without the support of the European Union. IPAC’s National Chairman Alhaji Yagbagi Sani made the assertion in Abuja, when the European Union observation follow-up mission delegation, Led by its Chief, Marie Arena, visited him. Alhaji Sani said the EU Parliament…
By Hillary Rodham Clinton and Dan Schwerin About the authors: Hillary Rodham Clinton is a former U.S. senator and secretary of state, the first woman to win a major party’s nomination for president of the United States, and a lifelong advocate for women and girls. She is the author of What Happened. Dan Schwerin is…
